On November 15, 2003, MARCELINA "Selena" SAMPSON, devoted mother of Chris H. and Roy A. Sampson. She is also survived by three sisters, two brothers, and numerous nieces and nephews. Friends may call at the family owned Evans Chapel of Memories-Parkville Thursday 7 to 9 PM. A Funeral Service will be held 10:30 AM Friday at Pikesville Seventh Day Adventist Church, 4619 Old Court Rd., Pikesville. Interment Gardens of Faith Cemetery.

On September 26, 2003 SELENA BOSTON beloved mother of Shelly Brooks, Charlotte Thomas Surrette and Shawn Leslie Thomas; stepson Mark Boston, stepdaughter Tracy Boston. She also leaves to cherish her precious memory four grandchildren Giovanni, Alecha, Mariah and Sidney, five sisters, five brothers, a special friend Billy Tyler and a host of other relatives and friends. The memorial service will be held on Saturday, October 4, 2003 at Park Lane Baptist Church, 3606 Mohawk Avenue 10:30 a.m. wake, 11 a.m. service.

By William Arnold and William Arnold,SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER | March 21, 1997

Movies tend to live or die on their casting, and writer-director Gregory Nava is indeed fortunate to have the fast-rising Jennifer Lopez ("Jack," "Money Train," "Blood & Wine") as the star of his musical biography, "Selena."As the Mexican-American singer whose 1995 murder made her a posthumous media sensation, Lopez is sexy, charming, completely credible. When she's on stage in the numerous concert scenes (one filmed before a crowd of 35,000 extras), the movie is alive.She also works well with America's reigning Hispanic-American actor, Edward James Olmos, as her mentor, manager and father, Abraham.

Awkwardness in relationships dominates the sitcom lineup early tonight, while Maryland Public Television looks southward in a documentary about community activism and murdered singer Selena's husband speaks on cable.* "Dweebs" (8 p.m.-8:30 p.m., WJZ, Channel 13) -- Warren (Peter Scolari) is unwittingly on the spot in a steal from "Cyrano de Bergerac." Carrie (Farrah Forke) has been sharing romantic messages with a girl on the Internet -- posing as Warren. Now the girl wants to meet him. CBS.* "Family Matters" (8 p.m.-8:30 pm., WMAR, Channel 2)

HOUSTON -- Jury selection begins tomorrow in the trial of Yolanda Saldivar, who is accused of fatally shooting Selena, the Tejano music star whose death at age 23 catapulted her into the realm of cultural icon.Officials say security measures will be extensive for the trial, which was moved to Houston because of publicity in Corpus Christi, the late singer's hometown and the place where she was gunned down March 31."Ms. Saldivar is classified as a high-risk or maximum-custody inmate," said Maj. Mark Kellar of the Harris County Sheriff's Department, adding that she is being kept away from other inmates in the county jail.

After Tejano-music superstar Selena Quintanilla was gunned down by a disgruntled employee at a Texas motel four months ago, there was a good deal of sad talk about how the "Mexican Madonna" was just about to make it into the mainstream. According to her record company, EMI, Selena was in the process of recording her first English-language album, one many of her mourners believed would have made the 24-year-old as big a star among Anglos as she was in the Latin music market.Selena never finished that album, but that hasn't stopped EMI. Although "Dreaming of You" (EMI 43123, arriving in stores today)

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas -- As fans streamed to Corpus Christi by the thousands to mourn Selena, the 23-year-old diva of Latin pop music who was slain here Friday, the police announced that they had arrested the founder and former president of the Selena Fan Club and charged the woman with murder.The 32-year-old suspect, Yolanda Saldivar, a registered nurse in San Antonio who had recently been dismissed as an employee of Selena's family's boutique, was being held in jail after surrendering late Friday.

Someone once said hell hath no fury like a woman scorned but . . . what did he know? The truth that "Dolores Claiborne" gets at is more fundamental: Hell hath no fury like a wife abused.The film emerges from a peculiarly cold clime -- not Maine (though that's the physical setting) but the chilly, stoic region of repressed rage and numb existence where an abused woman retreats. But some crimes, the movie goes on to suggest, can't be so conveniently filed under denial; they have to be avenged.